Leasehold Licensed Café Coffee Bar Bistro Hot and Cold Food Takeaway Business Windermere For Sale

AJF Commercial Business Sales are extremely proud to welcome to the market this beautifully presented, well established and highly recommended licensed café and coffee house for sale in the picturesque and historic tourist village of Windermere in Cumbria.

Location:

Windermere is a beautiful, highly visited, vibrant and historic town in the stunning Lake District area in Cumbria, an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Perfectly located within the town centre and within walking distance of all the amenities Windermere offers, the business thrives of much loyal and repeat trade.

The business is located on one of the main streets in the town and only a short drive from the A591 and A590 main roads and with the M6 motorway network close by, makes it an ideal place to visit for breakfast and lunch, with Ambleside, Bowness-on Windermere, Kendal and Grasmere close by.

The town hosts a range of complimentary gift and retail shops, cafes, restaurants, bars and bistros, therefore attracting many visitors all year through.

The business boasts a large amount of trade year on year with its perfect and central location for tourists and holidaymakers who are wanting to explore the beautiful countryside, tourists’ attractions and lakes.

England’s largest lake, Lake Windermere, is a short walk away from the premises with cruises from its pier allowing visitors to explore the lakes and mountains.

Windermere town is serviced well by public transport having its own extremely popular train station, providing much welcome links to neighbouring towns throughout Cumbria.

Windermere boasts numerous car parks for visitors, with car parking for customers outside the premises.

This eye-catching highly visible café oozes character and charm and is extremely popular throughout the year.

The Lake District is a UNESCO World Heritage site and receives around 18 million visitors every year.

Business:

The business is extremely busy throughout the year with local residents and the many visitors and tourists to the area providing much loyal and repeat trade.

This superb café and coffee house has been run by our client and part-time members of staff for a number of years, and over this time have gained an excellent reputation for providing a delicious range of hot and cold food, exquisite homemade desserts, and specialist coffee and teas, some of which include: full breakfasts, hot and cold food, hot and cold sandwiches, salads, jacket potatoes with various fillings, toasties, burgers, home made soups and specials of the day.

The business is well known for its quality of homemade cakes, scones and Illy barista coffee and comes highly recommended.

The business also sells a range of beers, wines, spirits, soft drinks, confectionary, crisps and snacks.

Our client has excellent reviews online and is extremely active on social media with their own Facebook page and have a website in place keeping customers and visitors with up to date information.

All dietary requirements and Vegetarian options are catered for.

The business is fully licensed and serves a range of beers, wines and spirits.

Our client also has various themed nights throughout the year and live music events.

The business also offers outside catering and caters for any private party.

The café has been beautifully decorated both inside and out which is a credit to our client and is in ‘walk in start trading condition’.

Customers have the option of dining inside and outside and is just perfect for customers wanting food on the go.

All fixtures and fittings are included within the sale.

Premises:

Good sized highly visible ground floor lockup leasehold property set out over 2 floors in a perfect trading position within the town centre.

Outside seating area with tables and chairs overlooking the town of Windermere.

Entrance door leading into good sized open plan café and bar area.

Bar area with a range of soft drinks, draught beers, bottle beers, wines and spirits.

Bar sink and fridge.

Serving counter with epos till, card machine and telephone point.

Bean to cup coffee machine serving Illy Coffee.

Bean grinder.

Shelving for specialist coffee syrups and specialist teas.

Illy machine.

Table and chairs with indoor seating for approximately 42 covers over 2 levels.

Door leading into commercial kitchen (set within 3 areas) with a range of quality fixtures and fittings, some of which include:

Hot water boiler.

Shelving used for loose teas and storage.

Front of house fridge for milk, dairy produce, cakes and desserts.

Plate warmer.

Stainless steel food preparation areas.

Bottle and plate washer.

Commercial sink.

Microwaves.

Toasters.

Under counter fridges.

Preparation fridge and freezer.

Fat fryers.

4 ring induction hob and electric range oven.

Head height grill.

Upper kitchen prep room with Commercial sink, stainless steel preparation tables, microwave, Lincat Commercial Oven, under counter storage units and extraction system.

Rear exit door with steps leading down to patio area with car parking space.

From the café and outside rear, stairs lead down to lower floor with good sized basement with a number of rooms currently used for storage of wines, beers and soft drinks, managers office, further room with pump and barrel beer lines, washing facility room with washing machine and dryer and Ice Machine and further room with 2 x freezers, 1 x fridge, 2 x fridges (for meat and vegetables) and plenty of shelving and racking for storage throughout.

Ladies W/C.

Gentleman’s W/C.

Staff W/C.

The premises are protected with CCTV and are alarmed.

Reason for sale:

The business in now available for sale due to our client relocating.

Tenure:

We are advised that the tenure is Leasehold.

Staff:

The business is run by our client, 1 x head Chef, 1 x Chef, 2 x kitchen porters and 2 x weekend staff.

Opening Hours:

The business is open all year round.

Monday: 8.00am – 5.00pm

Tuesday: 8.00am – 5.00pm

Wednesday: 8.00am – 5.00pm

Thursday: 8.00am – 5.00pm

Friday: 8.00am – 5.00pm

Saturday: 8.00am – 5.00pm

Sunday: 9.00am – 5.00pm

Financial Information:

Turnover – Available on request.

Summary:

This is a fantastic opportunity to own a well-established, highly recommended, and extremely busy licensed coffee bar / dessert / cafe / tearoom with an excellent turnover in the historic town of Windermere.

Our clients have welcomed visitors from around the world for several years with much loyal and repeat trade.

This would make an ideal investment opportunity in a superb trading area with all fixtures and fittings included and being ‘walk in start trading condition’ this is certainly not one to be missed.

The business has been beautifully decorated throughout with quality furnishings which is a credit to our client and viewings are highly recommended.

Therefore, AJF Commercial Business Sales strongly recommend early discussions with us to view.

Contact Details:

If you would like to contact us to discuss the business in further detail or to arrange a viewing, you can by the following methods:

Telephone – 01204 325 101

Email – [email protected]

Website – www.ajfcommercial.co.uk

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